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CHILLICOTHE – Many law enforcement officials were called to the stand to testify as witnesses to an incident involving a man alleged to have shot in the direction of authorities during a standoff that lasted hours.

David E. Rutter, 59, faced a jury for the second day of his trial after a July 31 standoff that began after the U.S. 23 Pipeline Task Force and the Ohio Bureau of Investigation reportedly discovered marijuana growing in the back of Rutter’s property at 502 Chester Hill Road during an eradication fly-over.

Rutter is alleged to have answered the door with a firearm when investigators confronted him, and a standoff involving multiple law enforcement agencies began.

Rutter was indicted on two first-degree felony counts of assault in October and two third-degree felony counts of possession of marijuana and illegal cultivation of marijuana on June 8.

Wooten and Minney described treating a gunshot wound to Rutter’s right forearm. Minney, a medic on the emergency response team, said Rutter was losing a large amount of blood and appeared to have a broken arm after exiting the residence unarmed. Minney also said Rutter suffered a cut to his left hand.

When Minney was treating Rutter for his injuries on scene, he told the jury, he asked Rutter whether he was on any medication. Minney alleged Rutter said he had taken eight Vicodin pills since the incident began, consumed alcohol and “smoked a lot of dope.”

Fortner identified two rifles and one handgun that were found within the residence to Assistant Prosecutor Cynthia Schumaker and Rutter’s attorney, Lori Rankin.

Fortner also said two boxes of ammunition were located within the residence on the first floor, and bullet holes were found on the interior and exterior of the residence and in the tire of a neighbor’s vehicle.